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IATENT DAVID HENRY KENDALL, OF LATHROP, MISSOURI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,524, dated February 19, 1901.

Application filed March 6, 1900. Serial No. 7,536- (No model- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID HENRY KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lathrop, in the county of Clinton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Pocket-Book, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to pocket-books, and more particularly to that class in which unfolded bills and other papers or documents may be conveniently carried; and it has for its object to produce such a device which shall be simple, cheap, and convenient; and it consists in the improved construction and novel combination of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in each of the views in which they occur, Figure 1 is a plan View of my pocket-book open. Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view of the same on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of the blanks from which the pocket-book is made, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are broken detail views.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 indicate the two pieces of leather, cloth, or other suitable material from which my improved pocket-book is made. These pieces may be of any suitable size, each being in the form of a strip, one of which, 2, is shorter than the other one and forms the back. The longer strip is creased transversely, as at 3, and longitudinally near each edge, as at 4, and diagonally, as at 5, between each longitudinal crease and the edge. The creases 5 run in reverse directions and extend from the intersection of each alternate transverse crease with the longitudinal crease to the outer ends of the intermediate transverse creases. One end of the strip, as at 6, forms a flap for folding over the different pockets or receptacles when the book is closed. Preferably its ends are out off, as at 7, and the crease at that end may be wider than the others, or there may be two creases. The width of the strip from the longitudinal crease to the edge is less than one-quarter of the entire width of the strip, so that when they are folded in toward each other, as shown in Fig. 1, they will not quite touch each other.

When the sides of the strip have been thus folded over upon the main portion, the strip .is folded on the creases 5 in reverse directions, so that each alternate pair of the sections 8 between the creases Will lie flat against each other, as shown in Fig. 2, the spaces between the different pairs forming pockets and the creases at the bottoms forming hinges upon which the sections swing as the pockets are opened or closed. When thus folded, the portions 9 of the strip between the diverging creases and the edges of the strip will form the ends of the pockets, While the portions 10 between the diverging creases and the longitudinal creases will fold over the ends of the different pairs of sections. The portion of each side between the last crease and the end of the strip is cemented or otherwise secured to the main portion to prevent the sides from unfolding after they have been folded to form the pockets.

After the strip 1 has been folded as above described the other strip 2 is secured at its ends to the ends of the longer strip to form the back and to hold the sections of the pairs of folds from separating from each other. The back is preferably no wider than the width of the main strip after the sides have been folded in and is cemented or otherwise secured at its edges to the edges of the end sections of the other strip. If desired, the back may be secured in place before the ends' of the sides are cemented in position, so as to make a neater finish, or it may be omitted entirely.

As above described, it will be seen that my pocket-book can be formed from two pieces of material, plain or ornamental, as desired, one of which can be easily creased to form semibellows folds at the ends, and the other one is secured to the first one at its ends,

thereby making a very cheap device and one.

in which bills or other papers may be placed side by side when the book is open. When it is desired to close the book, the sections forming the different pockets are closed against each other and the flap at one end is folded over the tops of all the sections, which will close the pockets and prevent the sections from separating from each other until the flap has been removed or unfolded.

Having thus fully described my invention,

ing a plurality of transversely-extending partitions arranged in pairs, the portions of the 10 flaps lying between the pairs of partitions, being folded diagonally, forming V-shaped end walls, connecting the pairs of partitions and forming pockets, substantially as described.

DAVID HENRY KENDALL. Witnesses:

ETTA SHREWSBURY, PATTIE VAN WINKLE. 

